Research Hackdays

On June 5 and 6, 2015, Opendata.ch invites researchers and experts, designers, developers, journalists and all people who would like to embrace experimentation with data to participate in our hackdays in Zurich and Lausanne. Open research data from diverse scientific domains will be at the centre of this 2-day creative event, as well as the one big question: how can we get the most out of the huge potential of Open Data in scientific research?

With amazing speakers and team leaders, from Bastian Greshake and his open-source genetics network openSNP to biodiversity data with Donat Agosti or black holes and galaxies with Kevin Schawinski, to an engaging panel on Data Ethics, the event's schedule is pointing towards the great potential of open research data. We'll listen, but first and foremost we'll make things happen, putting in two days of intensive work to make data used and useful — all while having a great time together.

Coverage

Many thanks to everyone for their interest, spirit and contribution, to all speakers for their passion and input, and to our hosts at the ETH and their FORS for their great support. See you at another hackathon soon!

Venue & Registration

The hackdays took place June 5 & 6 simultanously in Lausanne and Zurich. Our hosts:

How to get involved

In order to be successful, the event needs you to share your data, your programming skills, and your ideas, so:

Come and experience the Hackdays!

First of all, grab a ticket and join us on the 5th and/or 6th of June for two days of fun, innovation and digital brainstorming. It is great if you are a programmer and you are ready to help with your skills, but we are also looking for non-hacking people such as citizen scientists and researchers from various research domains. Start a project, tag it with research, and announce it here!

The hackdays are not only about data, but also the barriers for effectively reuse of research data: co/ownership, licenses, citation… and many more. Participants will form teams around a topic/challenge, which they would like to discuss/solve – whether making an application re-using data, or drafting a concept about an innovative approach to current conditions.

Have a look at the Open Research Data, which we've listed so far. A few days ahead of the hackathon we will update this with a complete list of datasets and experts available on location.

Share your discoveries of research data

Maybe you are aware of interesting research data and topics? In preparation for the hackdays we are putting together a list of links to interesting data. We encourage you to contribute to it by adding new items. Please feel free to contact ordhackdays@opendata.ch, if we can help you to publish and promote your open research data.